Sanitary closet-seat.



F. J. GRAVES.

SANITARY CLOSET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED DII(1.8,1913v 1,106,647. Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

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FRANK J. GRAVES, F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SANITARY CLOSET-SEAT.

Application tiled December 8, 1913.

To all 1.071 am it may concern .7

Be it known that I, FRANK J. GRAVES,

citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Closet-Seats, of which the following is a specification,

My invention relates to protective c0verings or pads for toilet seats, the object of my invention being the provision of protective coverings which may be quickly detached and applied to toilet seats of conventional construction by slightly modifying the construction of the seat.

A further object of my invention is to provide a protective covering for toilet seats built up of a plurality of layers or thicknesses of paper of suitable quality, which paper may be oiled or otherwise treated to render it waterproof if desired.

A still further object of my invention is to so construct the toilet seat and so arrange the pad fastening devices with respect to the seat that the pad when in place will be tightly stretched and held against all movement. And a still further object of my invention is to so arran e the seat and pad fastening devices that the pads will not only be stretched but the seat will be locked against any movement which could free the ads.

With these and other objects in "iew, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and then specifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part of this application.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional form of hopper showing my improved seat. applied thcreto with the protective pads in place; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the seat and pads; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing the manner in which the pads are secured to the seat, the dotted lines in said figure showing the manner in which the seat is manipulated to permit ready positioning of the pads thereon; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one of the pads; Fig. 5 is a sectionatvlcw 1llustrating one type of pad, while Fig. (3 IS a similar sectional view illustrating a slightly modified form of pad.

My present invention relates more particularly to the provision of protective pads Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

Serial No. 805,401.

for toilet seats of the double or wing type and for this reason is illustrated in conneotion with such a seat.

In the drawings the numeral 10 indicates the conventional form of hopper having a double wing seat including the arcuate wing members 11 and 12 the rear endsof which are bolted or otherwise secured to one member of a hinged plate 13, the opposite mem- 2.1 of which is fastened to an extension 11 formed at the rearbf the hopper. As clearly shown, the areuate sections, when in use, restupon the upper edge of the hopper and are spaced from each other at both their front and rear ends. This general form of seat structure is old and any further description of the same is therefore unnecessary. Certain further features of the seat construction. however. are 'novel, chief among these being the forming of each wing in two sections 15 and 16, the abutting ends of each wing being hingedly connected by hinges 17 in such manner that the front members of the seat sections may be swung upwardly and rearwardly over the rear members. An additional novel feature in the construction of the seat is the fact that the upper faces of both wings are plain surfaced, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, to form a smooth and uniform surface to support the protective pads. In order to normally lock the sections of the seat wings against independent swinging movement I provide a pair of swinging latch plates 18 each of which is pivotally connected at one end'to the rear end of one of the forward sections. These latch plates bear against the lower faces of the wings and being arcuate in shape extend at their free ends beyond the outer edges of the wings, there terminating in upwardly directed finger pieces 19 by means of which they may be readily swung into and out of en agement with headed pins :20 carried by tie rear sections of the wings, the intermediate portions of the plates being slotted as shown at 21 to receive the shanks of the pins.

As a means for attaching the protective pads or coverings to the wings each wing is provided at its forward end with a pad retaining pin or spindle 22 which is threaded into the end of the wing in such a manner that its free end extends outw'ardly and upwardly at an angle as shown in Fig. 3. The main body portions of the pins are smooth but the outer ends thereof are threaded to receive binding nuts 23 for a purpose Which will be hereinafter explained. Each wing is also provided adjacent its rear end with a similar pin 24 having a binding nut 25. These latter pins are threaded into the outer edge portions of the win s adjacent their rear ends to extend outwardly and upwardly therefrom at an angle as shown in Fig. 3.

The protective pads or coverings employed in connection with the above described seat and indicated by the numeral 26 are each built up of a plurality of layers of paper of any suitable character which may be oiled or otherwise treated to renderit waterproof if desired. The sheets making up the pads are preferably in no way connected'with each other in order that they may. be removed from the seat without difiiculty. Each pad conforms in shape to the shape of the wing to which it is to be attached with the exception that at its forward end it is provided with an extension or flap 27 havin an opening 28 and adjacent its rear en and along its outer edge with'a similar extension or flap 29 having an opening 30, these openings being adapted to receive the pins 22 and 24 respectively when the pad is in place upon the seat. It will of course be clear that application of the binding nuts 23 and 25 to the pins after application of the pad, will serve to lock the ad against any possible disengagement tom the seat.

In applying the pads to the seat the latches 18 are swung outwardly to unlock the sections of the wings and the forward sections swung upwardly. The distance between the pins 22 and 24 of each wing is thereby materially decreased and the pads may be readily threaded upon the pins and the binding nuts applied. As soon as this has been done the forward sections of the wings are swung into lowered position and secured in place by the latches. The pads are so proportioned and the openings formed in the flaps thereof so positioned that the swinging of the forward sections of the seat wings to lowered position, serves to tightly stretch the pads in position upon the seat.

It will of course be understood that after each use of the seat one sheet is to be removed from each pad in order that a fresh sheet may be exposed. This is greatly facilitated by the flaps 27 or 29 either of which may be readily grasped to permit tearing of the sheet from place. The binding nuts may be turned down from time to time as the paper is removed, although this is hardly nec essary due to the inclination of the spindles or pins 22- and 24 and the tight stretching of the pads because of the hinged construction of the seat.

From the description of the seat structure itself it will be clear that seats of the double or wing type may be readily adapted for use with these pads by dividing each wing in sections and hingedly connecting them, the wings when replaced being inverted to bring their lower tlat faces uppermost, that wing originally located at the right being located at the left and vice versa.

The sheets forming each pad may be of exactly the same size, in which instance the edges of the pad will be perpendicular or the sheets maybe made successively larger from the lowermost to the uppermost as shown at 31 in Fig. 5 in order that each sheet may somewhat protect the edges of the sheet immediately below. Instead of either of these methods a number of sheets may be made a certain size and a number of other sheets somewhat larger and the pad built up in this manner to present a stepped edge as shown at 32 in Fig. (3.

It will of course be understood that although I have illustrated and described my invention in all its details I do not wish in any way to limit myself to the specific features of construction shown, as various minor changes within the scope of the a pended claims may atany time be made without in the slightest degree departing from the spirit of my invention. For instance the pads may be made without the flaps 27 and 29 and the retaining spindles so arranged in the seat sections as to pass through perforations formed in the end portions of the pads themselves.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A toilet seat including hingedly connected front and rear sections, protective pads mounted on the sections, and means for securing the sections in alinement, said means stretching the pads and locking the same in place,

2. A toilet seat including arcuate wings connected at their rear ends to a hinge late, said wings each consisting of front and rear sections hingedly connected, latches for securing the sections of each wing in extended position, and protective pads for said wings.

3. A toilet seat including arcuate Wings connected at their rear ends to a hinge late, saidwings each consisting of front an rear sections hingedly connected, latches for securing the sections of each wing in extended position, protective pads for said wings, and means for detachably securing the pads to the wings.

4. A toilet seat including arcuate wings connected at their rear ends to a hinge plate, said wings each consisting of front and rear sections hingedly connected, latches for securing the sections of each wing in extended position, protective pads for said wings, and means. for detachably securing the pads to the wings, said means including spindles extending outwardly and upwardly from the free ends of the wing SGCtlOL.

o. A toilet seat including arcnate wings connected at their rear ends to a common hinge plate. each wing comprising hingedl connected front and rear sections, spindles extemling upwardl and outwardly from the free ends of'the sections, and protective lnltlri fitting over the wings and provided with perforated flaps for the passage of the spindles.

(3. toilet seat including arcnate wings connected at their rear ends to a hinge plate, each wing consisting of front and rear sections hingedly connected, pad securing meanscarried by the wing sections, and means for securing the sections in alinenient with each other.

7. A toilet seat including arcuate wings connected at their rear ends to a hinge plate, each wing consisting of front and rear sections hingedly connected, keepers carried by one section of each wing and slidingly mounted latches carried by the other section to engage the keepers when the wings are in extended position.

8. A toilet seat including arcuate wings connected at their rear ends to a hinge plate, each wing consisting of front and rear sections hingedly connected, keepers carried by one section of each wing and slidingly mounted latches carried by the other sections to engage the keepers when the wings are in extended position, the latches being mounted on the lower faces of the wings and having outwardly directed terminals engaging the sides of the wings when the latches engage the keepers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. GRAVES. [1,. 3.] \Vitnesses:

hmRLEs H. BARROWS, ERNESTINE H. ARNOLD. 

